7.17.06
New boards are now in stock and available at the following shops: EBS, Division East, and Drop In skatepark, NJ skateshop, Skatewerks, Transcend, 2nd Nature, Domestics, Day One skateshop, and Xtreme Grind. Check our dealers page for locations.

2006
SUMMER DEMO
SCHEDULE

- Saturday, July 22nd - FREE stimulus demo at Transcend skateshop. 10:00AM - get there before the rain!

- August - stimulus demo at SF skatepark. and NJ skateshop/Sayreville Park. More details soon.

A few lucky skaters will get free decks at SF skatepark product tosses throughout the summer. Check out our ads in the SF skatepark 'zine that's available at the park and local skateshops.

New website launching very soon.

3.1.06
We are looking for new team riders. Anyone interested should send us a tape (VHS or DVD). Make sure to include your contact info. DO NOT EMAIL FOOTAGE. Send package to:

stimulus
18 John street, #3D
Bloomfield, NJ 07003

We are looking preferably for someone who is already shop sponsored, but this is not a requirement. You must live in the NY/NJ area. It's important that you be able to skate with the rest of the team at least a few times a month and be able to do demos as well. We are accepting tapes immediately, but will not make our final decision until the Springtime when our new line of boards are available

2.7.06
Stimulus / Sure Shot demo at Drop In skatepark on February 25th. New version of popills.com is up.

12.30.05
New stuff is still in the works. Shirts, hoodies and decks for the winter. Everything is coming soon.

12.28.05
New version of popills.com coming soon and it's scary!

12.25.05
Dan V has been seen working the ski lift up at Mountain Creek. Throw a snowball at him if you are up there riding. Steve and Brian have been killing it at Drop In lately. Jersey Dave and Will built the new vert 1/4 pipe up at Drop In also. Go do some sess slides!

12.20.05
Winter = sparse news updates.

12.12.05
One-Eighty Mag interviews Mr. Foley over here.

12.8.05
New Division East webite is LIVE.

12.6.05
Check out BRICK AND MORTAR 3, edited by our very own Justin White. There is a short stimulus crew section in BM3, featuring Steve, Jersey Dave, Dan V, Mike, Will and Brian. The premiere is at 10pm PM on Saturday, December 10th at Supreme Trading, 213 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211.

12.1.05
New boards for Winter coming in different colorways, very soon.

11.16.05
There will be a Fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina @ Transcend skateshop on Saturday, November 19th, from 12noon - 3pm. All proceeds to benefit the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina Relief Effort. Raffles, Giveaways, Food, and Music. Contest sign-up at 12:00. ( Best Trick, Highest Ollie and Game of Skate )

11.10.05
Dan V has been seen on a skateboard again! Amazing.

10.05
Too busy messing around here to update this site!

9.27.05
Board supplies are dwindling. Thanks to all who have supported us this summer. New board colorways coming soon. Site updates with new clips coming soon as well.

9.25.05
stimulus mini ramp - R.I.P.

9.12.05
We have been picked up by TWO new shops this past week. Thanks to Marie at Transcend skateshop in Maplewood, NJ and Jeff at Day One skateshop in Bridgeport, CT. KCDC in Brooklyn is also fully stocked with our boards. Check them out next time you go skate their ramp.

9.7.05
Did you know that Doug and the rest of the 2nd Nature crew build ramps? Check their website for details.

9.1.05
Check this clip of Will on a jersey barrier that we cemented. You don't even know how hard this is. We have been on a spot building mission over the past year, with more to come. Some have been more successful than others. More clips from our creations will be posted soon, and if you are nice we will tell you where the spots are.

8.25.05
You can now order our boards online at the Division East ONLINE store.

8.22.05
Congrats to Steve who has just been added to the Division East team.

8.20.05
NEW stimulus promo = NEW popills.com clip.

8.8.05
NEW popills.com clip = NEW stimulus promo.

8.3.05
New shop added to our list: 2nd Nature Skateshop in Tarrytown, NY. Thanks to Doug for picking up some boards. Now all you Westchester skaters can check out our stuff and support your local shop. The boards will be arriving at 2nd Nature on August 4th.

8.2.05
Jersey Dave is still working hard at Drop In's Summer Skate Camp. Steve and Brian have also been making weekly appearances for the Wednesday afternoon demos.

7.31.05
New boards delivered to NJ Skateshop today. Hurry to pick one up before Steve rides them all. All new Summer promo clip and other footage will be on the site soon.

7.26.05
Division East and Drop In have been restocked with more boards. Thanks to everyone that's supporting us! The Stimulus mini ramp rebuild is complete. The ramp is now 12 feet wide, 3.5 feet tall with a 4 foot wide bank ramp on one side. Clips/pics will be on the site soon. The pic below is the unfinished ramp.

7.18.05
Subculture and Skatewerks have the new boards in stock. Stage 2 of the Stimulus mini ramp rebuild is complete. Sessions will begin soon.

7.13.05
Justin has been doing some Xtreme suntanning to get rid of his filmer's tan. Rebuilding the Stimulus mini ramp at its newest location has begun.

7.12.05
Division East, HAWK store, 36 Skateshop, Drop In and EBS are fully stocked with the new boards.

6.28.05
We are almost settled in the new warehouse/office. The NEW boards will finally be in stock on Friday, July 1st and in stores soon. More shops will be added soon. A few lucky skaters will get free decks at SF skatepark product tosses.

6.1.05
The stimulus warehouse is in the process of moving to a new secret location, so website updates will begin again after the move has been completed.

5.29.05
Justin is featured in an article on skateboard filmers in the Canadian skate mag, Color.

5.24.05
On FRIDAY JUNE 17th at 8PM, our friends over at Division East will be hosting a fundraiser for the Montclair skatepark. It will be $5.00 to enter and there will be four short skateboard videos shown - each edited specifically to premiere that night. Videos by Tombo Colabraro, Justin White, Davey Lee and Padraic Dowd will be shown. Pizza will be served and everything at Division East will be 20% off. There will also be giveaways and prizes...check it out!

Look for Jersey Dave at Drop In this summer. He will be one of the instructors at their summer camp. Ask him how to do a kickflip.

Has anybody seen Dan Vogedes or Danny Stampone?

5.7.05
Opening day for the 2005 season of SF skatepark is today with a DE demo featuring DE/stimulus riders Brian and Dave. Park opens at 12 (weather permitting) and is located 445 Godwin Avenue Midland Park, NJ. If you are lucky you will snag a scissor bird deck in the product toss.

Not sure when it happened, but skatenerd has launched catchaminnow.com. They will have our boards in stock soon.

5.2.05
The footage of Brian and Dave at Drop In is now up on the Division East website. They also will be skating in 2 Division East demos this weekend - Friday (May 6) at 3:30pm at Union Congregational Church in Montclair at 176 Cooper Ave. The second demo is on Saturday (May 7) at SF skatepark that opens at 12 which is located 445 Godwin Avenue Midland Park, NJ.

4.10.05
A pic and clip of Ken are now up.

4.4.05
Our NEW graphics for Spring 05' are done. The new boards should hit the shops in early June. Only a few of our scissor bird decks remain at shops. It's your last chance to pick one up. I have been making the rounds lately, been down to NJ skateshop, EBS, Drop In. NJ Skateshop has a new website up. Not everything is functional yet, but go check it out anyway. There's also a new clip on the Division East website (in the video section) that Justin made. It's random footage of skating and general mayhem. The Drop In session clip on the DE site with Brian and Dave never was posted. Hopefully it will be on there soon. I have seen it - good stuff.

3.28.05
Interviews and video clips are up on the team page. Look for footage of Brian and Dave in the Drop In clip on the Division East website.

3.10.05
The NEW promo is done.

3.2.05
Some pics are up on the team page. More pics, interviews and video clips are on the way. Justin is putting the finishing touches on a new promo for our upcoming video. It will be online soon.

Jersey Dave is on the disabled list with a rolled ankle.

Has anyone checked out the NEW Division East store? Its kind of old news now, but I finally made it out to the new location today. The new setup is sick. Hopefully you all have checked it out already. If not, make sure to get over there soon. Theres also a mini ramp clip onthe DE website featuring Brian Foley and Dan V.

New intermission clip on popills.

1.21.05
Jersey Dave has joined the crew.

1.5.05
The official crew for 2005:
Dan Vogedes
Brian Foley
Steve Antonecchia
Danny Stampone
Will Nagle
Ken Del Purgatorio
Justin White
&
Jersey Dave

Interviews with pics and video clips will be up soon. Our first video will finally be released in the Spring of 2005. There will be several premiers/demos here in NJ. All new decks, stickers and tees will be available this Spring as well.

Division East and Drop In skatepark are both fully stocked with our boards in all sizes and graphics. They both have moved to new locations as well - DE over to Montclair, NJ and DI has relocated to Hillburn, NY.

popills has been busy......

Our friends Matt Finkle and enginesystem have moved out West to sunny California.